Las Vegas— The NBA Board of Governors approved a slate of minority investors in the Milwaukee Bucks franchise, league Commissioner Adam Silver said Tuesday.

Details of the deals with the investors were still being worked out and a full list of names was expected to be released soon.

One high-profile name that has been floated in speculation over the past few weeks is Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, but Silver said he did not know immediately if Rodgers was one of the investors on the list.

Rodgers has given no indication he will be part of the group and recently deflected questions about the speculation, but he is a Bucks fan and has attended many games at the BMO Harris Bradley Center.

"Aaron Rodgers was not discussed today," Silver said in a question-and-answer session with the media after the Board of Governors meeting. "I know Wes has told me that he's had discussions with Aaron Rodgers. I don't know exactly what the state of those discussions is with Aaron.

"But I know that Wes Edens and his partner Marc Lasry are very focused on local ownership. They are both from New York and plan on spending a significant amount of time in Milwaukee.

"They recognize the benefit of local ownership. There was a general sense from the board that they were doing the right things. Again, Wes talked about the progress of discussions toward a new arena and particular sites he's looking at. I think the sense was he was very upbeat about the prospects of getting a new arena done, and he shared his optimism and enthusiasm with the other owners."

The Board of Governors met for four hours on various topics at the Wynn Las Vegas on Tuesday.

Co-owner Wesley Edens represented the Bucks at the meeting and gave a report on the plans for a new arena in Milwaukee, Silver said.

Edens and Marc Lasry purchased the team earlier this year for $550 million and said they would add some local investors. Lasry indicated last month the NBA wanted additional investors to make a minimum investment of $5 million in the franchise.

A source said Milwaukee businessman Ted Kellner is one of the local investors. Kellner is executive chairman of Fiduciary Management Inc., chairman of the Milwaukee Metropolitan Association of Commerce and a prominent University of Wisconsin benefactor.

Kellner has worked closely with an MMAC arena task force to find a financing plan for a new downtown facility that will serve the Bucks and other sports teams in Milwaukee.

Edens and Lasry have pledged $100 million toward construction of a new arena, as has former Bucks owner Herb Kohl.

Former Bucks player Junior Bridgeman has been involved in several discussions with Edens and Lasry and is interested in being part of the ownership group. He said Tuesday he no longer has an ownership stake in the Sacramento Kings.

"The main thing is I've always said the team needed to be in Milwaukee, and that's been taken care of," Bridgeman said. "I hope the team can get back to doing well, and I'm confident the new group will do whatever they can to make it a winning team."

Bridgeman, who attended Friday's summer league game between the Bucks and Cleveland Cavaliers in Las Vegas, admitted he was a bit surprised Jason Kidd was hired as coach a few weeks ago.

But he said he approved of the move.

"So much of being a coach is not just knowing the game, it's having players look up to you," Bridgeman said. "Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce, they respected him (in Brooklyn). That's a big plus.

"A big part is having players buy in at the professional level. I feel pretty good about him being there (in Milwaukee)."

Tournament time: Silver floated the idea of a midseason league tournament, modeled on professional soccer.

"We're in the very early days of discussions of that," Silver said. "But we're looking at other opportunities in the league to create excitement.

"As one of our general managers said, 'There are very few things you can win in the NBA.' When you think about European soccer, for example, they have the FA Cup and they have other tournaments throughout the season.

How such a tournament would be scheduled with an 82-game regular season and playoffs could prove to be a problem. But Silver said it was an idea to consider.

The NBA Summer League in Las Vegas features 24 teams (including a D-League team) and is expected to set an attendance record, breaking last year's mark of more than 62,000 fans.